"take a picture" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-take a picture.ogg Forms: takes a picture [present, singular, third-person], taking a picture [participle, present], took a picture [past], taken a picture [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a picture}} take a picture (third-person singular simple present takes a picture, present participle taking a picture, simple past took a picture, past participle taken a picture)
  1. (idiomatic) To photographically capture an image Tags: idiomatic Translations (capture an image): اِلْتَقَطَ صُورَةً (iltaqaṭa ṣūratan) (Arabic), 照相 (zhàoxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 拍照 (pāizhào) (Chinese Mandarin), een foto nemen (Dutch), foti (Esperanto), ottaa kuva (Finnish), prendre en photo (French), ein Foto machen (German), tóg pictiúr (Irish), glac pictiúr (Irish), 撮る (toru) (alt: とる) (Japanese), tirar foto (Portuguese), сделать фото (sdelatʹ foto) (Russian), fotografirati (Serbo-Croatian), slikati (Serbo-Croatian), hacer una fotografía (Spanish), chụp hình (Vietnamese), chụp ảnh (Vietnamese), chụp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-take_a_picture-en-verb-DmjIUf47 Disambiguation of 'capture an image': 100 0
  2. (informal) Used as a rebuke to someone perceived to be staring at one. Also take a picture, it'll last longer. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Photography Translations (used as a rebuke): tu veux ma photo? (French), ¿tengo monos en la cara? (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-take_a_picture-en-verb-t-qr2UPF Disambiguation of Photography: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'used as a rebuke': 0 100

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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